Download Milestone XProtect Go 1.0: Manual

This manual reflects the functionality of a full version of XProtect Enterprise,
a comprehensive IP video management solution designed for medium and
large-scale multi-server, multi-site installations. Although much of that
functionality applies for your XProtect Go version too, some functionality
may not apply in your version due to the differences listed on page 2.
Cameras and Recordings
You add cameras and other hardware devices, such as video encoders, DVRs, etc., to your XProtect
Enterprise system through the Add Hardware Devices... wizard (see page 30). If microphones
and/or speakers are attached to a hardware device, they are automatically added as well.
Once you have added hardware devices and attached cameras, you can configure video and
recording settings in three ways:
● Wizard-driven: Guided configuration which lets you specify video, recording and archiving
settings for all your cameras. See Configure Video & Recording Wizard or page 43 and Adjust
Motion Detection Wizard on page 49.
● General: Lets you specify video, recording and shared settings (such as dynamic archiving
paths and whether audio should be recorded or not) for all your cameras. See General
Recording and Storage Configuration below.
● Camera-specific: Lets you specify video, recording and camera-specific settings (such as
event notification, PTZ preset positions, and fisheye view areas) for each individual camera.
See Camera-specific Configuration on page 74.
General Recording and Storage
Configuration
When you configure video and recording, you are able to specify certain properties for many
cameras in one go. Either simply in order to speed up things, or because the properties in question
are shared by all cameras rather than specific to individual cameras. To specify video, recording
and shared settings (such as dynamic archiving paths and whether audio should be recorded or
not) for all your cameras:
1. In the Management Application’s navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, rightclick Cameras and Storage Information, and select Properties.
2. Specify properties as required for Recording & Archiving Paths, Dynamic Path Selection,
Video Recording, Frame Rate - MJPEG, Frame Rate - MPEG, Audio Selection, and Audio
Recording. All of the properties are described on the following pages. When ready, click OK.
3. Save your configuration changes by clicking the Save Configuration button in the
Management Application’s toolbar.
Recording & Archiving Paths
Note that all of the Recording and Archiving Paths properties can also be specified individually for
each camera. All properties on a white background are editable; properties on a light blue
background cannot be edited.
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Template: The template can help you configure similar properties quickly. Say you have
50 cameras and you want to change the recording path, archiving path, and retention time
for all of them. Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 50 times,
you can simply enter them once in the template, and then apply the template to the 50
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